Fr. Howard J. Sturm

Ordained: 1950
Status: Settled

Diocese: Archdiocese of Chicago IL

A woman came forward in 2/06 to announce a $125K settlement with the Chicago archdiocese in 2004. She claimed she was abused as a teenager by Sturm (sometimes misspelled Strum) and two other priests in the 1960s and 1970s. Sturm is deceased.


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